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Allogeneic NK Cell ("SMT-NK") in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer

Study Description
Brief Summary:

The term of biliary tract cancer (BTC) or cholangiocarcinoma refers to all tumors that arise from the biliary tract or the biliary drainage system, including the gallbladder. According to the data from National Cancer Information Center in 2016, annual incidence of the cancer in Korea is 6,685 (13.1 per 100,000 population) which corresponds to about 2.9% of all cancers.

BTC is one of the most prognostic cancer with less than 30% of 5-year survival rate and the case with long-term survival can be possibly done with early detection of the cancer. However, most of BTC is found in advanced stages due to the difficulty of early detection, resulting in that the 5-year survival rate of the advanced BTC becomes less than 3%. More than 50% of the patients depends on Gemcitabine based chemotherapy but response rate of the chemotherapy remains around 30%. Thus, improving the survival rate with the standard chemotherapy is very limited and furthermore selection of second-line therapy is not easy. For this reason, development of an alternative therapeutic agent is urgently required.

NK (natural killer) cells are important cytotoxic innate immune cells that are involved in the elimination of cancer cells. Two main NK cell subsets have been defined on the basis of CD56 and CD16 expression: CD56^brightCD16- NK subset produces abundant cytokines including interferon-γ (IFN-γ) and tumor necrosis factor-α, whereas CD56^dimCD16+ NK subpopulation has high cytolytic activity and releases the granules containing perforin and granzymes.

Various clinical studies have been conducted to treat cancers using NK cells worldwide including Korea and therapeutic clinical results are shown for various cancers. The clinical application of NK cells is carried out by culturing and activating the NK cells isolated from blood of either patient (autologous) or blood donor (allogeneic). Recently, NK cell therapy for cholangiocarcinoma has been successfully done (NCT03358849) with allogeneic NK cell, showing safety and potential efficacy.

Like T cells, a recent study with digestive cancer has shown that NK cells also express PD-1, especially with more number of PD-1 in cancer patients than in healthy individuals, suggesting that blocking PD-1 can be used as a potential strategy to increase the anticancer activity of NK cells. Therefore, combined therapy with the immune-check point such as pembrolizumab can be useful in elevating the anticancer activity of NK cells.


Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Biliary Tract Cancer Biological: 'SMT-NK' Inj (allogeneic Natural Killer cell) Drug: Pembrolizumab Injection [Keytruda] Phase 1 Phase 2

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Estimated Enrollment : 40 participants
Allocation: N/A
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Phase 1/2a Clinical Trial for the Evaluation of Safety and Efficacy of Allogeneic NK Cell ("SMT-NK") in Combination With Pembrolizumab for Patients With Gemcitabine-refractory Biliary Tract Cancer
Actual Study Start Date : December 3, 2019
Estimated Primary Completion Date : February 2, 2021
Estimated Study Completion Date : June 2, 2021
Arms and Interventions
Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Experimental: single arm
  • Biological: 'SMT-NK' Inj. (allogeneic Natural Killer cell) weekly administration for 2 weeks. After that, 1 week is a withdrawal period. (Phase 1: up to *cycle 3, Phase 2a: up to cycle 9)
  • Drug: Pembrolizumab administration of Pembrolizumab 200mg/m2 at first week during cycle.

    • Cycle: 1 cycle is 3 weeks in total.'SMT-NK' Inj is administered at first and second week, and Pembrolizumab is administered at first week. The third week is a withdrawal period.
Biological: 'SMT-NK' Inj (allogeneic Natural Killer cell)
In 120 mL, 3x10^6 (± 20%) cells/kg. weekly administration via Intravenous for 2 weeks. After that, 1 week is a withdrawal period.

Drug: Pembrolizumab Injection [Keytruda]
Administration via Intravenous of 200 mg every 3 weeks(one administration per cycle.).

Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Phase 1 - Dose Limiting Toxicity of the dose of 'SMT-NK' Inj. in combination with Pembrolizumab. [ Time Frame: Up to 9 weeks from Baseline. ]
    DLT (Dose Limiting Toxicity) Assessment

  2. Phase 2a - Objective Response Rate (ORR) [ Time Frame: Up to 27 weeks from Baseline. ]
    ORR (Objective Response Rate, sum of PR and CR) is finally evaluated In the third tumor response evaluation by CT(according to RECIST V1.1).


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Phase 2a - Time to Progression [ Time Frame: Up to 39 weeks from Baseline ]
    The length of time from the baseline until determine to progressive disease(PD).

  2. Phase 2a - Toxicity (according to CTCAE 5.0) [ Time Frame: Up to 39 weeks from Baseline ]
    Levels of adverse events and changes of experimental parameters are described according to CTCAE (version 5.0). Defined as incidence and severity of adverse events, significant laboratory changes, changes in vital signs, incidence of concomitant medications, changes from baseline over time in ECOG PS/100-mm Visual Analog Score for pain, incidence of dose adjustments over the treatment period.


Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   19 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Gender Based Eligibility:   Yes
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

[Inclusion Criteria]

Patients who received a histopathological or cytologic diagnosis of nonresectable, advanced biliary tract carcinoma (intrahepatic or extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, gallbladder cancer) and patients with refractory disease after chemotherapy and/or patients who have difficulty with chemotherapy due to side effects of chemotherapy.

  1. A person who receives an explanation from the trial manager about the purpose, contents, and characteristics of the Investigational products for the clinical trial and is signed by the person, guardian or legal representative in the written informed consent.
  2. Be ≥19 years of age on day of signing informed consent.
  3. Histopathological or cytologic diagnosis of advanced adenocarcinoma of the biliary tract.
  4. Have a performance status of ≤2 on the ECOG Performance Scale.
  5. Patients who survival period is expected to be at least 3 months.
  6. Patients who meet the following conditions:

    • ANC(Absolute Neutrophil Count) ≥ 1,500/μL
    • Hemoglobin≥ 10 g/dL
    • Platelet> 100,000/μL
    • Serum BUN & Creatinine ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
    • AST & ALT ≤ 2.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
    • Bilirubin ≤ 3mg/L
  7. Patients who agreed to the allogeneic natural killer cells therapy separated from the family of the patient or healthy donor's blood.
  8. Patients have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test (HCG, human chorionic gonadotropin) within 72 hours prior to receiving the first dose of study medication and agreed to use 2 methods of contraception. The period of contraception is up to 6 months after the last administration of Pembrolizumab.
  9. Patients who meet one or more of the following conditions.

    • Patients have at least 1% Combined Positive Score (*CPS) PD-L1 expression detected on the tumor, as determined by **immunohistochemistry performed by a central laboratory.

      *CPS = (number of PD-L1 positive tumor cells, lymphocytes, macrophage)/ (total number of viable tumor cells) X 100

      **immunohistochemistry: IHC 22C3 pharmDx test

    • Patients who have a positive *MSI-H or **dMMR test.

      • MSI-high positive tumors analyzed by PCR.
      • dMMR positive tumors analyzed by immunohistochemical staining .

        • *MSI-H was measured by PCR, and positive finding when two or more unstable markers were detected in PCR for 5 microsatellite markers.
        • **dMMR is analyzed by immunohistochemical staining and positive when the discovery of one or more genes in MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 and PMS2 staining is lost.

[Exclusion Criteria]

  1. Patients who have previous history of Immune deficiency or autoimmune disease that can be aggravated by immunotherapy(for example: Rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, vasculitis, multiple sclerosis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, adolescent-developed insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus).
  2. Diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving systemic steroid therapy.
  3. Have with pneumonia, colitis, hepatitis, nephritis, endocrine disorders(for example: Pituitary gland, thyroid dysfunction, Type 1 diabetes, etc.) associated with immunodeficiency.
  4. Other malignant tumors within 5 years before the study enrollment.
  5. Previous history of anti-angiogenic agent treatment before the study enrollment.
  6. Received chemotherapy not less than 4 weeks old before the first administration of investigational products.
  7. Apparent myocardial infarction or uncontrolled arterial hypertension.
  8. Serious allergic history.
  9. Serious mental illness.
  10. Female who are pregnant, breastfeeding or intending to become pregnant during the study period.
  11. A person who participated in another clinical trial within 4 weeks prior to the start of the study(based on the date of signing the informed consent.).
  12. Previously administrated Pembrolizumab and other anti-PD-1/PD-L1 agent.
  13. Previously administrated natural killer cell.
  14. Patients who did not resolve the adverse event of the drug administered 4 weeks prior to enrollment.
  15. Previous history of active central nervous system (CNS) metastasis and/or carcinomatous meningitis.
  16. Previous history of non-infectious pneumonia.
  17. Previous history of Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy.
  18. Previous historyof Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
  19. Previous history of active Hepatitis B (e.g., HBsAg reactive), Hepatitis C, Active tuberculosis.
  20. Have received a live vaccine within 4 weeks before the first administration of investigational products.
  21. Hypersensitivity to Pembrolizumab additive.
Contacts and Locations

Contacts
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Contact: Jino Jung, B.S. 82-70-4048-0932 jhjung@smtbio.co.kr
Contact: Jungmin Im, M.S. 82-2-3461-0515 jungminim@smtbio.co.kr

Locations
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Korea, Republic of
Gachon University Gil Medical Center Recruiting
Incheon, Korea, Republic of, 21565
Contact: Jae Hee Cho, MD. PhD    82-32-460-2187    jhcho9328@gmail.com   
Severance Hospital Recruiting
Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 03722
Contact: Seung Woo Park, MD. PhD    82-2-2228-1964    SWOOPARK@yuhs.ac   
Gangnam Severance Hospital Recruiting
Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 06273
Contact: Sung Ill Jang, MD. PhD    82-2-2019-3580    AEROJSI@yuhs.ac   
Sponsors and Collaborators
SMT bio Co., Ltd.
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Seung Woo Park, MD. PhD Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Hospital
Tracking Information
First Submitted Date  ICMJE April 29, 2019
First Posted Date  ICMJE May 6, 2019
Last Update Posted Date January 18, 2020
Actual Study Start Date  ICMJE December 3, 2019
Estimated Primary Completion Date February 2, 2021   (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Current Primary Outcome Measures  ICMJE
 (submitted: May 2, 2019)
  • Phase 1 - Dose Limiting Toxicity of the dose of 'SMT-NK' Inj. in combination with Pembrolizumab. [ Time Frame: Up to 9 weeks from Baseline. ]
    DLT (Dose Limiting Toxicity) Assessment
  • Phase 2a - Objective Response Rate (ORR) [ Time Frame: Up to 27 weeks from Baseline. ]
    ORR (Objective Response Rate, sum of PR and CR) is finally evaluated In the third tumor response evaluation by CT(according to RECIST V1.1).
Original Primary Outcome Measures  ICMJE Same as current
Change History
Current Secondary Outcome Measures  ICMJE
 (submitted: May 2, 2019)
  • Phase 2a - Time to Progression [ Time Frame: Up to 39 weeks from Baseline ]
    The length of time from the baseline until determine to progressive disease(PD).
  • Phase 2a - Toxicity (according to CTCAE 5.0) [ Time Frame: Up to 39 weeks from Baseline ]
    Levels of adverse events and changes of experimental parameters are described according to CTCAE (version 5.0). Defined as incidence and severity of adverse events, significant laboratory changes, changes in vital signs, incidence of concomitant medications, changes from baseline over time in ECOG PS/100-mm Visual Analog Score for pain, incidence of dose adjustments over the treatment period.
Original Secondary Outcome Measures  ICMJE Same as current
Current Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures Not Provided
Original Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures Not Provided
 
Descriptive Information
Brief Title  ICMJE Allogeneic NK Cell ("SMT-NK") in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer
Official Title  ICMJE Phase 1/2a Clinical Trial for the Evaluation of Safety and Efficacy of Allogeneic NK Cell ("SMT-NK") in Combination With Pembrolizumab for Patients With Gemcitabine-refractory Biliary Tract Cancer
Brief Summary

The term of biliary tract cancer (BTC) or cholangiocarcinoma refers to all tumors that arise from the biliary tract or the biliary drainage system, including the gallbladder. According to the data from National Cancer Information Center in 2016, annual incidence of the cancer in Korea is 6,685 (13.1 per 100,000 population) which corresponds to about 2.9% of all cancers.

BTC is one of the most prognostic cancer with less than 30% of 5-year survival rate and the case with long-term survival can be possibly done with early detection of the cancer. However, most of BTC is found in advanced stages due to the difficulty of early detection, resulting in that the 5-year survival rate of the advanced BTC becomes less than 3%. More than 50% of the patients depends on Gemcitabine based chemotherapy but response rate of the chemotherapy remains around 30%. Thus, improving the survival rate with the standard chemotherapy is very limited and furthermore selection of second-line therapy is not easy. For this reason, development of an alternative therapeutic agent is urgently required.

NK (natural killer) cells are important cytotoxic innate immune cells that are involved in the elimination of cancer cells. Two main NK cell subsets have been defined on the basis of CD56 and CD16 expression: CD56^brightCD16- NK subset produces abundant cytokines including interferon-γ (IFN-γ) and tumor necrosis factor-α, whereas CD56^dimCD16+ NK subpopulation has high cytolytic activity and releases the granules containing perforin and granzymes.

Various clinical studies have been conducted to treat cancers using NK cells worldwide including Korea and therapeutic clinical results are shown for various cancers. The clinical application of NK cells is carried out by culturing and activating the NK cells isolated from blood of either patient (autologous) or blood donor (allogeneic). Recently, NK cell therapy for cholangiocarcinoma has been successfully done (NCT03358849) with allogeneic NK cell, showing safety and potential efficacy.

Like T cells, a recent study with digestive cancer has shown that NK cells also express PD-1, especially with more number of PD-1 in cancer patients than in healthy individuals, suggesting that blocking PD-1 can be used as a potential strategy to increase the anticancer activity of NK cells. Therefore, combined therapy with the immune-check point such as pembrolizumab can be useful in elevating the anticancer activity of NK cells.

Detailed Description Not Provided
Study Type  ICMJE Interventional
Study Phase  ICMJE Phase 1
Phase 2
Study Design  ICMJE Allocation: N/A
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Condition  ICMJE Biliary Tract Cancer
Intervention  ICMJE
  • Biological: 'SMT-NK' Inj (allogeneic Natural Killer cell)
    In 120 mL, 3x10^6 (± 20%) cells/kg. weekly administration via Intravenous for 2 weeks. After that, 1 week is a withdrawal period.
  • Drug: Pembrolizumab Injection [Keytruda]
    Administration via Intravenous of 200 mg every 3 weeks(one administration per cycle.).
Study Arms  ICMJE Experimental: Experimental: single arm
  • Biological: 'SMT-NK' Inj. (allogeneic Natural Killer cell) weekly administration for 2 weeks. After that, 1 week is a withdrawal period. (Phase 1: up to *cycle 3, Phase 2a: up to cycle 9)
  • Drug: Pembrolizumab administration of Pembrolizumab 200mg/m2 at first week during cycle.

    • Cycle: 1 cycle is 3 weeks in total.'SMT-NK' Inj is administered at first and second week, and Pembrolizumab is administered at first week. The third week is a withdrawal period.
Interventions:
  • Biological: 'SMT-NK' Inj (allogeneic Natural Killer cell)
  • Drug: Pembrolizumab Injection [Keytruda]
Publications * Not Provided

*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
 
Recruitment Information
Recruitment Status  ICMJE Unknown status
Estimated Enrollment  ICMJE
 (submitted: May 2, 2019)
40
Original Estimated Enrollment  ICMJE Same as current
Estimated Study Completion Date  ICMJE June 2, 2021
Estimated Primary Completion Date February 2, 2021   (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Eligibility Criteria  ICMJE

[Inclusion Criteria]

Patients who received a histopathological or cytologic diagnosis of nonresectable, advanced biliary tract carcinoma (intrahepatic or extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, gallbladder cancer) and patients with refractory disease after chemotherapy and/or patients who have difficulty with chemotherapy due to side effects of chemotherapy.

  1. A person who receives an explanation from the trial manager about the purpose, contents, and characteristics of the Investigational products for the clinical trial and is signed by the person, guardian or legal representative in the written informed consent.
  2. Be ≥19 years of age on day of signing informed consent.
  3. Histopathological or cytologic diagnosis of advanced adenocarcinoma of the biliary tract.
  4. Have a performance status of ≤2 on the ECOG Performance Scale.
  5. Patients who survival period is expected to be at least 3 months.
  6. Patients who meet the following conditions:

    • ANC(Absolute Neutrophil Count) ≥ 1,500/μL
    • Hemoglobin≥ 10 g/dL
    • Platelet> 100,000/μL
    • Serum BUN & Creatinine ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
    • AST & ALT ≤ 2.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
    • Bilirubin ≤ 3mg/L
  7. Patients who agreed to the allogeneic natural killer cells therapy separated from the family of the patient or healthy donor's blood.
  8. Patients have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test (HCG, human chorionic gonadotropin) within 72 hours prior to receiving the first dose of study medication and agreed to use 2 methods of contraception. The period of contraception is up to 6 months after the last administration of Pembrolizumab.
  9. Patients who meet one or more of the following conditions.

    • Patients have at least 1% Combined Positive Score (*CPS) PD-L1 expression detected on the tumor, as determined by **immunohistochemistry performed by a central laboratory.

      *CPS = (number of PD-L1 positive tumor cells, lymphocytes, macrophage)/ (total number of viable tumor cells) X 100

      **immunohistochemistry: IHC 22C3 pharmDx test

    • Patients who have a positive *MSI-H or **dMMR test.

      • MSI-high positive tumors analyzed by PCR.
      • dMMR positive tumors analyzed by immunohistochemical staining .

        • *MSI-H was measured by PCR, and positive finding when two or more unstable markers were detected in PCR for 5 microsatellite markers.
        • **dMMR is analyzed by immunohistochemical staining and positive when the discovery of one or more genes in MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 and PMS2 staining is lost.

[Exclusion Criteria]

  1. Patients who have previous history of Immune deficiency or autoimmune disease that can be aggravated by immunotherapy(for example: Rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, vasculitis, multiple sclerosis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, adolescent-developed insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus).
  2. Diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving systemic steroid therapy.
  3. Have with pneumonia, colitis, hepatitis, nephritis, endocrine disorders(for example: Pituitary gland, thyroid dysfunction, Type 1 diabetes, etc.) associated with immunodeficiency.
  4. Other malignant tumors within 5 years before the study enrollment.
  5. Previous history of anti-angiogenic agent treatment before the study enrollment.
  6. Received chemotherapy not less than 4 weeks old before the first administration of investigational products.
  7. Apparent myocardial infarction or uncontrolled arterial hypertension.
  8. Serious allergic history.
  9. Serious mental illness.
  10. Female who are pregnant, breastfeeding or intending to become pregnant during the study period.
  11. A person who participated in another clinical trial within 4 weeks prior to the start of the study(based on the date of signing the informed consent.).
  12. Previously administrated Pembrolizumab and other anti-PD-1/PD-L1 agent.
  13. Previously administrated natural killer cell.
  14. Patients who did not resolve the adverse event of the drug administered 4 weeks prior to enrollment.
  15. Previous history of active central nervous system (CNS) metastasis and/or carcinomatous meningitis.
  16. Previous history of non-infectious pneumonia.
  17. Previous history of Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy.
  18. Previous historyof Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
  19. Previous history of active Hepatitis B (e.g., HBsAg reactive), Hepatitis C, Active tuberculosis.
  20. Have received a live vaccine within 4 weeks before the first administration of investigational products.
  21. Hypersensitivity to Pembrolizumab additive.
Sex/Gender  ICMJE
Sexes Eligible for Study: All
Gender Based Eligibility: Yes
Ages  ICMJE 19 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers  ICMJE No
Contacts  ICMJE Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
Listed Location Countries  ICMJE Korea, Republic of
Removed Location Countries  
 
Administrative Information
NCT Number  ICMJE NCT03937895
Other Study ID Numbers  ICMJE SNK-SIT-02
Has Data Monitoring Committee No
U.S. FDA-regulated Product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
IPD Sharing Statement  ICMJE Not Provided
Responsible Party SMT bio Co., Ltd.
Study Sponsor  ICMJE SMT bio Co., Ltd.
Collaborators  ICMJE Not Provided
Investigators  ICMJE
Principal Investigator: Seung Woo Park, MD. PhD Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Hospital
PRS Account SMT bio Co., Ltd.
Verification Date May 2019

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